Steve Hutching's and party were our fishing guests at Mariato, Panama, the second week in March 2001. The Grouper, Snapper, Amberjack and Tuna action was very good. Day one produced large grouper and amberjacks on live bait. Several bait rigs were lost, presumably to large cubera snapper. Several occasions while trolling for tuna, the cuberas would surface and ravage CD-14 rapalas. Day two targeting wahoo and roosterfish South of Rio Negro, was unproductive. The afternoon trolling in deeper water produced several 20-30 pound yellow-fin tuna.  Day three was back to jigging and live baiting. Jigging was slow but the live baits were again very productive.

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